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Fredericks, Murray

Fredericks, Murray

Born (1970) and raised in Sydney, Australia, Murray Fredericks studied politics and economics at Sydney University. Following his undergraduate degree, he spent five years traveling in the Middle East and in the Himalaya. The experience of spending large amounts of time in these 'powerful' locations provided the basis for his approach to his photography.

Essentially self-taught in photography, Fredericks undertook and completed a Masters of Art and then his MFA at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales some years into his 'exhibiting' career.Fredericks's work is derived from a perspective that views culture as something that cannot be wholly accounted for through social construct. It's a view that sees some values as derived from a 'time-less essence'. The work attempts to represent the experience when thought is temporarily suspended and the mind encounters 'other'.

From the start of his career Fredericks process has involved prolonged solo journeys to remote and often extreme locations.

Adventure and endurance have never been goals in themselves and neither have the journeys been 'spiritual' or 'monastic' undertakings. By their very nature, though, the locations are difficult to access and require large amounts time spent in them to move the compositions past the 'surface exotic'.

Murray Fredericks is represented by Hamiltons Gallery in London, Arc One Gallery in Melbourne and Annandale Galleries in Sydney. His works are exhibited internationally and around Australia. Works sit in major public and private and corporate collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, National Portrait

Galleries:, Elton John, Valentino, RBS, Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie Bank Collections.Murray Fredericks first documentary film 'Salt', where he was cinematographer and co-director, won twelve major international awards, played over 50 festivals and was screened on the ABC and PBS in the USA.

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Hamiltons presents 'Recent Work', an exhibition by Australian photographer, Murray Fredericks: a selection of large scale work from his Lake Eyre series and Topophilia, the Greenland Ice Sheets.

Lake Eyre is a continuation of Fredericks' Salt series, as previously exhibited at Hamiltons in Salt, 2007 and Salt II, 2009. Often travelling alone with a bicycle and trailer, carrying his large format camera and supplies, Fredericks navigated this vast area in Southern Australia in extreme weather conditions, taking both a physical and mental toll, in order to capture the perfect frames.

Lake Eyre in Southern Australia often reminds one of a mirror. It’s salty water remains shallow for the most part at most places - walking in it is almost walking on it. In his latest series "Vanity", ALPA-photographer Murray Fredericks picks up these aspects by carefully positioning a mirror into the lake in front of his ALPA camera.

The photographs are being displayed at Hamiltons Gallery in London until June 14, 2017.The making-of video is a piece of art on its own and can be watched here: